Possibilites No. 1 & 2 ruled out. Possibility 3 looks intersting. How exactly can I check if my PC has USB 1.1 or 2.0?Possibility No.1: Your system may have accumulated more "junk" over the years compared to your friends PC causing your system to be generally slower... You can check this up by performing regular activities in both and comparing speed...
Possibility No.2: This could be a random situation where your system might have been using CPU for other items too, etc... You can try at a random different time to check this...
Possibility No.3: Your system is using USB 1.1 technology to transfer data instead of USB 2.0... You can check the drivers installed for your motherboard to check if this is the case....
I guess there are other possibilities, but these three popped in my head immediately...
Arun
Thanks for the link. I have USB 2 ports. Checked the webpage you suggested, and got it confirmed. Also I connect my portable HDD to the rear USB ports only. Why do I get such slow transfer speeds?Check *www.usbman.com/Guides/checking_for_usb_2.htm
Also, if I remember correctly, sometimes cabinets have rear 2.0 ports and front 1.1 ports...
Arun
HDD is rather a new one. Bought a Seagate SATA2 250GB HDD two years back. Bought Mobo also during the same time. It's a Biostar mobo.how old is your HDD & mobo? Your friend might be using a SATA HDD while yours might be IDE. HDDs may also become slower as they get old, however I'm not sure of this.
AFAIK processor & RAM do not have much to do while transferring data, so that doesn't matter much.